Just finished reading through the thread....lucky man....well done, definately take that as a win. Its ironic, when i get home from work i sit in the kitchen with the other half as she gets tea ready. I cant stand that fucking gameshow on the BBC so switch over to 5Action and watch the police cracking skulls (i think the only time they do it is when theyre on camera)...anyway, watching that you see fucking neanderthals endangering life, ramming police cars, assaulting the filth etc etc and more often than not get banned (most of them already were) and a bit of community service...anyway...well done.
I don't know if you were stopped or not at the time of the offence. If you were then the14 day ruling for the service of the NIP goes out of the window if you were given a verbal NIP at the time. Obviously they can only serve the NIP when they know who the rider is. The detecting device will require to be a calibrated device, they all are, but these can go out of date and get missed, but it would be very unusual. Calibrated speedometer in police vehicles also have regular accuracy checks which are recorded just in case some speeder tries to dodge a ticket. Please ignore the pub solicitors, they know nowt and will give no useful advice. They'll probably get you a bigger fine. If you want to fight it you need a solicitor who know what they are talking about, good luck with that. Upt.
The wording if given at the time would be something like this, "You will be reported for consideration of the question of prosecuting you for speeding". The wording could be accepted by the court if it varied from this, the crux would be you knew you were being investigated for that offence. Upt.
Much better off with a direct access barrister, for the reasons I already gave in one of the posts in this thread. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/speeding-ticket.102575/#post-2241969
Yes I did read your post on barristers, but they're not all, the be all and end all they portray. There are useless solicitors and useless barristers. If someone can recommend someone they've used that would be a good way to go. A good barrister would just cost you more than a good solicitor, the end result should be exactly the same as long as they are competent. Anyone can read a copy of Stones. Upt.
I disagree. Competent high street solicitors are the exception rather than the rule. Out of the hundreds I have dealt with over the past decade and a half, I can count on the fingers of one hand those who I would trust with my own affairs, whereas I have only met a handful of barristers (maybe 3 or 4) I would deem incompetent or dodgy. You're also wrong about barristers costing more than sols. Not only do barristers have fewer overheads and they work faster than sols, instructing one on a direct access basis (ie: without a solicitor) cuts out the middleman and saves a ton of money. As I pointed out in my other post, most sols will snaffle the fee and then instruct the cheapest barrister they can find at the very last moment (ask me how I know.....). Anyone can read a copy of Stones. Yep - in much the same way as anyone can read a copy of Gray's Anatomy or the British Pharmacopeia or a Haynes Manual. A little learning is a dangerous thing....... NB: the reason I know all this is because I'm a practising barrister (called 2008, on my feet 2009).
Got renewal through for my panigale . Called them up and told them about 3 point. Price gone up by £1.75
